Family

It is my belief, after research, observing individuals, experiences, and other studies, that when couples marry it should be for more than JUST love.  Love is seasonal and much depends on emotions and the atmosphere, when love is one’s only or main reason for marrying, matters may be more irresolute.  Marriage should have direction, plan, purpose; “where do you want the marriage to go” (Hawkins, 1991).  Some marry for financial stability, however, a great number more are waiting to marry as a symbol of their financial status within society to show others how successful they have become, as if marry is a stamp of approval of success to society (education, financial stability, home – now if I had a spouse society will say I have it all) (Cherlin, 2013).   Some individual marry because that feel or think at the time that they can’t live without the other person, but what remains after reality sets in, (intertwining two as one and learning how to live together, bil...